DANBURY REPORTER'
Volume LI.
PRES. COOLIDGE
IS CANDIDATE'
lias Entered His Name In the
Ohio IVesidentil Preference
Primary By Filing His Dec
laration.
Columbus, 0., Feb. 23. —Presi-
dent Ooolidge formally entered
today the Ohio Republican presi
dential preference primaries for
president by filing his declaration
with Secretary of State Brown.
Simultaneous with Mr. Lool
idge's filing Arthur L. Garford,
Elryia, Ohio, also filed with the
| secretary of state in fin authori
zation lor the use of his name as
second choice candidate in com
pliance with the Ohio primary
law.
Tobacco Sales
Last Week Were Light
Tobacco sales on the Winston
market last week were lighc,
only 580,762 pounds being soid
during the five days. The aver
age price received was only
§17.95 per hundred pounds.
The market closes two weeks
from Friday, March 14th. Un
less some of the farmers get
a move on they will not got
all ot their tobacco sold.
Tried Here Saturday
On Serious Charge
Bob Sands and Reid Stovall,
of Peter's Creek township, were
tried here Saturday before
Justice N. A. Martin on charges
of damaging property, being
intoxicated, carrying deadlv j
weapons, etc. Each of the de
fendants was placed under a
$300.00 bond for their appear
ance at Superior court. The
men were charged with shoot
ing at the dwelling house of
Mose Bullin, tearing up his
cook stove and other damage to
his property.
Chas. Smith, col., Held
For Superior Court
Charles Smith, col., was ar
rested here early Sunday morn
ing on a warrant sworn out by
Dossie Young, charging him
with assault and with retailing
whiskey. A hearing was held
before Justice N. A. Martin
Sunday and Smith was fined
$2O and the cost in the assault
* case, and was bound over to
Superior court in the whiskey
case in a bond of $5OO.
Wilson Tobacco Market
Biggest In State
Wilson, Feb. 23.—Official re
ports, furnished by H. B. John
«
son, supervisor of sales on the
Wilson market, shows that up
the closing sales Thursday this
morket had sold 70,797,250
pounds of tobacco for $15,797,-
482.84—an avarage of $22.22
per hundred pounds. The mar
ket here closes for the season
on February 28.
'€. H. Sheppard, good citizen
of Snow Creek township, was a
visitor here today.
MIDWAY SCHOOL
HAS PIE SUPPER
One Pie Brings $l3 While
Voting Contest and Other
Features Bring In Nice Sums
For Benefit Of School.
Midway, Feb. 25.—The pie
supper given at Midway school
Saturday night was quite a
success. The pies were put up
and auctioned to the highest
bidder. The highest one sold
was purchased by Mr. Clay
Marshall, of King, at the price
of eight dollars. The owner of
the pie was Miss Ethel Spencer
the principal of the school. The
second highest went to Mr.
Hermie Moore, of King, the
owner being Miss Fannie Rekl,
the primary teacher in the MiJ
way school. Candy in baskets
was sold by Misses Louellu
Reid, Annie Kate Reid, India
Fulp and Ida Low Gerrev,
while Miss Mary Sue Reid sold
sandwiches and Mrs. N. 1).
Young served hot chocolate.
Miss Ethel Spencer had charge
of the arrow contest. Master
Marshall Johnson was the win
ner in the bean contest, while
Mr. Matt Tuttle was also win
ner. A cake was given by Mrs.
Ben Neal to guess what was in
the cake. Quite a nice sum was
raised in this contest. Every
thing was guessed except the
right thing. The cake brought
thirteen dollars. When all fail
ed in their guesses Mrs. Neal
held the cake up and exhibited
a small individual salt cellar.
Then the cake was put up and
sold to the highest bidder. Mr.
Clay Marshall, who bought the
cake, presented it to Miss Spen
cer. Miss Kathrvn Young, of
Dennis, had charge of the vo
ting contset, which proved very
interesting. There were a
great many visitors from King,
Walnut Cove and other places.
Misses Spencer and Reid ex
tend thanks to all.
The sleet the pqst week did
quite a lot of damage here, es
pecially to the telephone lines.
The little son of Mr. and Mr.;.
Oscar Gerrey has has been real
sick the past few days with ton
silitis.
John Crews, who has been
taking treatment at Sanato
rium. will return home the first
of April. His many friends
will be please 1 to see him back
again.
Ike Zimru'i man, who has
been taking treatment at a
Winston-Sal', m hospital, was in
Midway Sunday.
Thj family of Mr. Jim Mor
gan have alivut recovered from
an attack of grippe.
Jim Hix, who has been con
fined to his home with sickness,
is out again, his friends will be
glad to know.
Mrs. O. M. Jones will spend
the winter with her daughter,
Mrs. C. C. Morgan.
Mr. Ben D. Neal was a visi
tor to High Point on Friday.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1924
BRANCH OFFICE I
FOR AUTO LICENSES,
In Addition To Being Great i
Convenience To People Much;
Postage Wil' Be Saved, Says j
Clerk Sawyer.
I
Raleigh, Feb. 26.—The plan i
of the automobile license do-j
/
partment to establish branch j
offices in the principal cities of
the State for the distribution of
license tags for cars is expected
by Secretary of State W. N.
Everett to greatly increase the
efficiency of the bureau and at
the same time prove of consid
erable value to the branch lo
cations and to the territory they
will serve.
Winston -Salem, Charlotte,
Greensboro, Wilmington and
Asheville are the places tenta
tively selected for biar.ch offi
ces, it was announced.
Clerk Sawyer expects the sa
ving in postage alone to practi
cally defray the cost of opera
ting the branches. He hopes by
the new plan to enable a major
ity of the automobile owners to
purchase their license plates by
calling at the office in person.
The annual cost in postage for
mailing out the tags has been
around $50,000 and by enabling
owners to call for their tags the
postage bill can be reduced very
greatly.
The bureau has been distrib
uting approximately a quarter
of a million tags from the office
in Raleigh and the work has I
necessitated the employment of |
many clerks for two or three
months during the period of
distribution.
With the establishment of
the branch offices the clerical
forces will be distributed
among the offices, engaging the
assistants locally. J. E. Sawyer,
who has had wide experience in
the work, will be in charge of
all the offices.
Johnnie Duncan
Passes Away
Johnnie Duncan, orominen;
men hant and good citizen of
the Prestonville section of this
county, died Sunday night at
the age of 70 years. Mr. Dun
can is survived by his wife and
other relatives. He will be
greatly missed in his communi
ty.
W. T. Cartel-
Died Last Friday
W. T. Carter, of Winston-
Salem, who was a brother of
the first wife of Dr. J. H. Elling
ton. of this county, died at his
home Friday at the age of 70
years. Mr. Carter was mana
ger of the labor bureau at
Winston-Salem.
Store Of C. D. Smith
Robbed Friday Night
The store of C. D. Smith,
prominent merchant and mem
ber of the Stokes County High
way Commission, was entered
and robbed Friday night in
Snow Creek township. A lot of
overalls and cigarettes were
among the articles stolen. No
cluc has been found so far as
to whom the guilty parties are.
CO-OPS TO MEET
AT WALNUT COVE
On Friday Members of the
Association In Stokes an'!
Forsyth Counties Will Hear
Speakers and Have Barbecu.'.
Walnut Cove, Feb. 26.—The
Tobacco Growers Association of
Stokes and Forsyth counties
will hold a meeting here on Fri
day, Feb. 29. Following the
business session of members
of the association, leading or
ganizers and officers of the as
sociation will address the mem
bers. A barbecue and a recep
tion will be held in the evening.
All farmers of the two counties,
whether members of the asso
ciation or not, are urged to at
tend the meeting.
Chasing Foxes
On .King Route 2
King Route 2, Feb. 26 -G. A.
Jones is partner with Slate
Brothers in fox hunting at the
present time. They ordered a 1
fox and turned him loose last I
week and ran him about two |
hours, running it up a tree. They
got the dogs away, shook him
down and tried it again. As the I
fox was getting very tired, they
held a sack open and caught it,
put him away and turned him,
loose next day,and as the fox was j
stiff from the two races the day
before, the dogs overtook him
and killed it. We are having a
lot of fox hunting going on in
the mountain at present by people
from Greensboro, High Point,
Westfield and other places with
truck loads of hounds.
We are haying a nice snow
tonight.
Scribbler killed a nice pig last
week, six months old, weighing
•'lO pounds. Don't see why any
body can't have ham and eggs.
We had a heavy ice through
this seetion last week which did
a great damage to the telephone
line. *
Lewis Darnell, who has been
very sick with pneumonia, is
slowly improving.
Jim Mabe, of this section, cut
an ugly gash in his knee a few
days ago. Doctor says it will be
a good while before, Mr. Mabe
will be able to walk.
R. K. Long says he thinks it
will be a dry summer, so he and
his son are digging fish worms
now before the ground gets too
dry for them.
SCRIBBLER.
Charged With
Stealing Blankets
Chas. Davigan, a colored man
employed at the J. T. Plott
road camp three miles east of
Danbury, was given a hearing
here yesterday before Justice
N. A. Martin on the charge of
stealing blankets from the road
camp. Probable cause being
found the man was held for
Superior court In a $2OO bond,
which he failed to give and
was placed in the county jail.
THE CO-OP HOUSES
CLOSE MARCH 2s
Paul Kiser Recovering From
An Operation For Appendi
citis—To Organize Spanish:
War Veterans—King News, i
King, Feb. -■*>. —G. W, Joyner,
manager of the Farmers Co
operative Warehouse here, has
been notified t)y trie warehouse!
department that all the markets
in the old belt of North Carolina!
and Virginia will close on March
-8. All members registered fori
delivering at King and have]
fi lished are urgently requested
t> report to Mr. Joyner that he
may check their farms with the
acreage listed of the 1923 crop.
If this request is complied with
.♦ will prevent many delays and
misunderstandings at the time of
jour second payment.
G. S. Newsum, of the U. S.
Nayy, stationed at Hampton
Roads, Va., is spending a short
furlough with his mother here.
Renter of Deeds James R.
Bowen, of Danbury, spent a
short while here Saturday night.
P. H. Booe, of Winston-Salem,
is among the business visitors
here today.
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Caudle, of
Winston-Salem, spent Sunday
with relatives here.
Jarvis Wright, of Norfolk,Va.,
is spending a few days with rel
tives here.
Paul Kiser, who was operated
on for appendicitis in a Winston-
Salem hospital a few days ago,
has returned to his home and is
well on his way to recovery.
Ross Ferguson, of Parsons,
Kansas, arrived here yesterday
to be at the bedside of his sister
who is seriously sick.
E. P. Newsum went to Wins
ton-Salem today to be present at
a meeting of ex service men of
the Spanish-American war to be
held tonight. The object of the
meeting is to organize a local
camp of The United Spanish
War Veterans at Winston-Salem.
Stokes Republicans
To Meet Here Saturday
Stokes Republicans will hold
their county convention here at
the court house Saturday of
this week for the purpose of
electing delegates to the State,
Congressional and Judicial con
ventions and naming a count,'
chairman and members of the
executive committee.
At a primary held here Sat
urday M. O. Jones and E. R.
Nelson were appointed dele
gates and D. M. Vernon and J.
J. Stephens were named alter
nates to the convention to o?
held here Saturday.
•Judge Lane Likes
Fox Hunting*
Judge Henry P. Lane, who
will come to Stokes next mont.ii
to preside over Superior court,
is very fond of fox hunting and
keeps a pack of fine-blooded
i fox hounds at his home in
Reidsville. The Judge is this
week holding court in Davidson
county, and will while there
make an effort to capture a red
fox which has for months been
eluding the fox hounds of Dav
idson county. Capt. Bristol, of
Statesville, one of the State's
most noted sportmen and fox
hunters, will be the partner of
Judge Lane in the effort to cap
ture the red fox in Davidson.
No. 2,706
STATE'S SURVEY
IS ENDORSED
Stokes Highway Commission
Passes Resolution At Meeting
Here Tuesday—Other Busi
ness Transacted.
At a meeting of the Stoke.-;
County Highway Commission
held here Tuesday of this weak
a resolution was passed by the
Board endorsing the survey as
made by the State Highway
Commission for the proposed
hard-surface road from the
Forsyth county line to Dan
bury, and the State was urged
to award contract for the con
struction of this road as early
as possible.
An order was made by the
Board that survey be made of
the Piedmont-Moore's Spring.-
road at once and that work be
started on this road immedia
tely or as soon as the forcei
can be put on it.
The proposed road from Dan
bury to Flat Shoal church was
ordered surveyed as soon as
possible.
The bridge to be erected over
Snow Creek in Snow Creek
township, the re-location of
which has been under consid
eration, was ordered built a:
the original site, and the road
leading to it was ordered to be
constructed byway of the
short or lower route.
The road leading from John
Morcfield's west to the highway
at Lawsonville was ordered
built as soon as possible.
Commissioner E. R. Nelson
was appointed a committee to
see that a road near R. M.
Smith's, which has been ob
structed recently, is opened up
to travel.
County Engineer X. S. Mulli
can was again employed by the
Board on a per diem basis.
All members of the Board
were present at Tuesday's
meeting. The Board will meet
again next Monday.
New Member Board
Not Named Yet
The vacancy on the Board of
County Commissioners in this
county, caused by the resigna
tion of R. T. Spencer on th--
first Monday in February, has
not yet been fdled, and it is
stated that there are no appli
cants for the position. The
office is apparently not verv
desirable one. Clerk ut the
Court A. J. Fagg. who ' r as th"
appointment of the u",v mem
ber, stated yesterday that be
did not know whether lie would
be able to find a man for the
job before the first Monday in
March or not. A good man for
the place who will accept it
hard to find.
The telephone lines here an.l
throughout the county have
been out of commission since
the sleet last week.